Sindarin 

glindûr

masculine name. *Dark Glance

A name Tolkien considered as a possible replacement for Maeglin in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/91, 146), along with rejected variants Targlîn, Morlîn and Morleg (WJ/323). It appears to be a combination of glîn(n) “gleam, glint” and dûr “dark”.

Changes

  • Glindûr → Maeglin ✧ WJ/048
  • Glindûr → Maeglin ✧ WJ/146
  • Targlîn → Morlîn ✧ WJ/323
  • Morlîn → Glindûr ✧ WJ/323
  • Glindûr → Maeglin ✧ WJ/323
  • Morleg → Morlîn ✧ WJ/323
  • Morlîn → Glindûr ✧ WJ/323
  • Glindûr → Maeglin ✧ WJ/323
  • Glindûr → Maeglin ✧ WJI/Glindûr
  • Morleg → Maeglin ✧ WJI/Morleg
  • Morlîn → Maeglin ✧ WJI/Morlîn
  • Targlîn → Maeglin ✧ WJI/Targlîn

Elements

WordGloss
glîn(n)“gleam, glint”
dûr“dark (with evil implications), gloomy, hellish”

Variations

  • Targlîn ✧ WJ/323 (Targlîn); WJI/Targlîn (Targlîn)
  • Morlîn ✧ WJ/323 (Morlîn); WJ/323 (Morlîn); WJI/Morlîn (Morlîn)
  • Morleg ✧ WJ/323 (Morleg); WJI/Morleg (Morleg)
Sindarin [WJ/048; WJ/091; WJ/146; WJ/323; WJI/Glindûr; WJI/Morleg; WJI/Morlîn; WJI/Targlîn] Group: Eldamo. Published by